Please note: the description below applies to the new Bachelor of Design, which was implemented at the start of the academic year 2011-2012. For the current curriculum of study year four in 2013-2014 please refer to: Curriculum old style below.

Full-time programme

Main structure

The four-year programme of the new Bachelor of Design has three phases: the propaedeutic year, the main phase and the final phase. Each phase has a specific mission. These missions follow the substantive structure of cross-pollination (year 1), depth and connection (years 2 and 3) and positioning (year 4). This chronological structure is organised in four directions, ‘the domains’, which return in each academic year. The four domains are design, morphology (labs), media & materials and knowledge & context. Characteristic of the study programme are the experiment and research elements. Each year, the research focuses on a specific area or contemporary theme. At the core of the curriculum lies a solid historical and cultural basis, and students are given the possibility to interpret this basis and integrate it into their designs.

Domains

The Design domain

Designing is the main component and foundation of the programme. The design domain has a thematic structure. Especially in the first year, the conceptual framework is simple in set-up in order to discuss and question everyday concepts. In Interior design four subject areas are centralised: Private interior, Public Interior, Urban interior and Object 3D. From the second year onwards, the Furniture Design program focuses on the areas: Private object, Public object, Urban object and Object 3D. During classes, the student works under the guidance of teachers but also independently on projects in the studio space at the academy.

The Morphology domain

In a simulated laboratory atmosphere, autonomous exercises, examinations and free (form) studies take place in the morphology component. This domain differs from the design assignment in that students only ‘create’. The process stages from analysis to end design, which are regular to the assignments, are explicitly ignored here: it's not about the end result, but about the process. From a certain approach or method, students instantly create, visualise and experiment. Morphology has as aim to examine, familiarise and control the phenomenon of space and form, with numerous methods and approaches. The medium or the approach partly determines the form of expression. The integration of visualisation is also an important element in this domain. The morphology domain amply addresses topics such as light, texture, relief, shape, acoustics and sound, colour, smell, etc.

The Media & Materials domain

In the media & materials domain, basic skills and tools are discussed, not so much to develop them, but as a means of discovery and to teach students how to apply them in design projects. This domain is therefore also a source of inspiration and functions as a trigger. Media, techniques and materials become the terrain of expertise and research. The domain covers, among others, the skills hand drawing 2D and 3D, model construction, photography, graphic design, textiles and ceramics, computer 2D and 3D, rapid prototyping, augmented reality and image processing. The teaching and mastering of the techniques and skills is not an independent element and is not the primary learning objective. This domain is equally cross-disciplinary and extends across the boundaries of the design disciplines. This study component is the student’s primary source to get optimally introduced to all departments and the wealth of facilities/workshops of the institute.

The Knowledge & Context domain

The knowledge & context domain covers theoretical knowledge in the form of seminars and (work) assignments relating to art philosophy, architectural theory and design theory. Additionally, lectures and excursions are organised

The Interior Architecture department offers its own annual lecture series consisting of eighteen lectures. The lecture series gives an extra theoretical impulse to the programme and matches, as closely as possible, the on-going study programme and the theme of the semester. The direct link between the selected semester theme and the programme of lectures and films (and the academy-wide Studium Generale) strengthens and supports the theoretical framework and also, specifically, the semester programme. We especially invite young (hot) talent to speak in the lecture series. Students organise a debate after each lecture or film.

Excursions and tours are an essential aspect of the programme. The propaedeutic year starts with an introduction week in which the students go on excursion. In the annual excursion week, students also go on an excursion, which is often abroad. The main study programme is complemented by a number of smaller theoretically and practically themed excursions, museum visits, exhibitions, and so on.

Individual Study Trajectory

The Individual Study Trajectory (IST) is available for all students from the second year onwards, and aims to broaden and deepen the study. Students can follow courses in the IST on the condition that their choice is connected to their design assignment of that period, and that the relationship between the IST choice and the assignment can be clearly demonstrated in the final assessment. The study load and the associated credits are appointed for this purpose in consultation with the team of lecturers. There are several possibilities available, such as following a minor at Leiden University. In addition to the electives, students can use the IST to deepen their study by appointing more time to the obligatory courses, or choose from the academy-wide IST offer and/or the interdisciplinary Research Labs of the department(s).

As part of the Individual Study Trajectory, students compose a study plan that requires the approval of the team of lecturers and is supervised by both the coach and the study advisor. The coach supervises students for the duration of one academic year, while the study advisor guides students throughout all their years of study. Coaches stimulate their students to work cross-disciplinary as much as possible, and to use all the expertise, facilities and workshops available. 12 EC are appointed to the IST per year.

Part-time students can benefit from the offer of electives. Students can also follow courses from the full-time or part-time curriculum in the framework of the IST (on the condition that places are available and permission has been granted). For general information about the IST please refer to chapter 6.1.3.

Programme per year

Year 1 [semesters 1 and 2]

Propaedeutic year

Mission: cross-pollination

The first year of study focuses on the following core issues:

Cross-disciplinary, test limits, experiment, (broad) orientation and confrontation, design, learning by doing, interaction and social network/student mixing. In the propaedeutic year students make optimal use of the workshops and facilities offered by the institute. This introduces students to all possible development and production methods. We also aim to interact with the other disciplines at the KABK.

Project work is central to the first year. Each semester, students work on two main projects in the form of design assignments that are completed in different stages. Students work highly concentrated for a period of 16 weeks on these projects. The morphology domain is represented in four blocks throughout the year. The rest of the weekly programme is more or less appointed to the design projects. The knowledge & context domain, the theory component of the first year, consists of three main components:

Architectural theory and reflection: concepts and frameworks, contemporary current situation and context.

In the first year in the media & materials domain, the student is introduced to all departments and facilities/workshops at the KABK.

Research and Discourse: all first year students follow the course Research and Discourse as part of the academy-wide programme. The KABK also organises a Studium Generale for all students. Additionally, we organise an annual lecture series consisting of eighteen thematic lectures.

Year 2 [semesters 3 and 4]

Main Phase

Mission: depth and connection

Key concepts of the main phase are forecasting, back-casting, visionary thinking, dreams, future, here and now. Students also reflect on international and national contemporary issues, connect to the real world, and find their own position in the framework of the theme: ‘who am I’.

After an introduction to the discipline, the academy and the workshops in the propaedeutic year, students apply this basic knowledge in the second year to position themselves in the framework of more complex assignments. The reality of the field and its specific focal points are addressed. Students are simultaneously encouraged to formulate the beginning of their own vision and dreams for the future as a designer. Students are expected to show more initiative and they are challenged to develop and employ their personal preferences.

In the second year, two blocks Morphology are compulsory. Each academic year, the research component in both the design courses and the Morphology Labs increases in size. The department offers Research Labs in the framework of the Individual Study Trajectory (IST), which are also offered academy-wide and thus become more interdisciplinary. For more information about the IST please refer to the section ‘Individual Study Trajectory’ above, and to chapter 6.1.3.

The knowledge & context domain of the second year consists of three main components:

Art reflection: visiting exhibitions, museums, galleries, platforms of contemporary art, architecture and design projects in the city, art in public spaces and buildings.

Architectural theory: concepts and frameworks, contemporary current situation and context, anthropology and sociology.

Design theory: concepts and frameworks, contemporary current situation and context, anthropology and sociology.

Architectural and design theory in the second year are linked to project work (Mondays or Tuesdays), so that students receive direct theoretical input and are motivated to (also) explore the theory. This forms the first attempt to develop individual preferences and (private) research. In addition, we organise lectures and seminars for both architectural and design theory in line with the research themes.

In the second year, in the framework of architectural and design theory, attention is given to anthropology of space and to the way students observe our relationship with spaces and objects from an anthropological and sociological perspective. Students examine and experience space and object from different perspectives: from the various spaces (public/private), the various users (visitor, cleaner), (often culturally determined) actions, (social) behaviour and scripts that (should) take place, and the senses (what does it smell like?). The use and development of empathy plays a major role.

Year 3 [semesters 5 and 6]

Main Phase

Mission: depth and connection

The key concepts of this part of the main phase are forecasting, back-casting, visionary thinking, dreams, future, here and now, reality check, skills, knowledge, practical and professional experience, internship. Students also reflect on international and national contemporary issues, connect to the real world, and find their own position in the framework of the theme: ‘who am I’. This year also centralises the reality check: knowledge of the practical and professional environment, employee versus entrepreneur, relation to the field, industry and government, and business.

The third year follows the same structure as year 2, with as additional aspect the link with professional practice. In the assignments in the design domain, depth of study is achieved by emphasising the manufacturability of the designs. The students are made aware of the consequences in relation to construction, materials and costs that result from a developed concept: the reality check.

An important aspect of the third year curriculum is the practice assignment: students work for external clients on real assignments in which the production and realisation within strict budgetary frameworks and with stringent planning is an important aspect. This direct link to professional practice is also made in presentations in the Netherlands and abroad, such as the annual presentation at the Salone di Mobile in Milan.

Students are encouraged to work cross-disciplinary, optimally utilise the available expertise, and all facilities and workshops at the KABK. The media & materials and knowledge & context domains are expanded focusing on specific themes and techniques. These overarching themes emerge from annual themes, often related to a social context, that also guide the rest of the domains.

In the fifth semester students write an internship plan. In the sixth semester they take part in an intensive period in the professional field by interning at a carefully chosen and suitable (inter)national design or architectural bureau.

The main phase is concluded with the Memento: an assessment of the portfolio of work created in year 2 and 3.

Curriculum old style

Year 4 [semesters 7 and 8]

In addition to an intensive period in the professional field in the form of an internship in semester 7, the student creates an interior architecture or furniture collection in semester 8, masters the associated techniques and is able to give his collection a position on the market.

The primary goal of the final phase, which is concluded with an examination, is the candidate’s demonstration of his qualities as a designer. This means that he is able to transform his ideas into concepts, architectural solutions, furniture and product solutions, form, material, technique and detail; in the context of one or more assignments.

The exam Interior Architecture or Furniture Design consists of the following components:

A

The creation of a design or multiple designs that address a collection of interior architecture, furniture or related subject, in its totality and broadest sense of the word. This happens within the framework of both a thematic and a self-chosen assignment, in which an interior or piece of furniture can be intensively produced. The use of technical and spatial conditions should be interesting enough to arrive at a qualitative plan. One requirement is that the plan should allow both architectural furniture and object solutions and interventions.

B

The creation of a design or multiple designs, which express the student’s personal mission and quality. This design determines the student’s position and his collection in its totality, and can be in line with previous projects completed in the Individual Study Trajectory.

C

Previously completed designs (from previous study years) can be part of the candidate’s overall presentation, the collection.

D

The writing of a thesis about a subject relevant to the discipline/profession, with the aim of formulating and applying theoretical backgrounds in relation to the personal mission and beliefs.

E

Graduation exhibition and presentation of the collection. An important aspect of the final phase is the visual and verbal presentation of the collection, during which we expect student to position himself and to critically reflect on the discipline, his fascinations and his relationship to his collection.

A schematic overview of the new and old curricula of the Interior Architecture and Furniture Design full-time and part-time programmes, with the corresponding credits in ECs, is included at the end of this chapter.

Schedule

Each semester students work on two main projects, the design assignments that consist of several stages. Students are able to work very intensely on the projects over a period of sixteen weeks. On Tuesdays or Wednesdays, Morphology, the IST and the Research Labs are scheduled in. The rest of the weekly programme is more or less available for work on the projects. Students usually receive theory classes on Thursdays. On Fridays, the media & materials domain is scheduled, for the more autonomous skill exercises.

The part-time programme

The part-time course is predominantly similar to the full-time programme. The Individual Study Trajectory (IST), however, is offered as a taught programme. There is no compulsory internship; students are required to make their own connections in the professional field.

Gabriel Holysz designed the project 'Scenography of the seamstress' for an international congress about innovations in the textile industry that was held on 26 November 2014 in The Hague Peace Palace. The project was commissioned by Hiil innovating justice, an advisory and research institute for the justice sector.

The exhibition ‘Slow Tech’ features 11 chairs that fuse experimental materials or an innovative production technique to a craft-base process. It is a fusion of high tech en slow crafts. The Knotted Chair by Marcel Wanders will be presented as ‘the mother of all slow tech chairs’ and will literally be the centre piece. Among the 10 other chairs that are grouped around the Knotted Chair, there are chairs by IAFD alumni Rutger de Regt, Maarten Schenkeveld and Martijn Rigters.

The Creative Industries Fund NL is calling on designers to submit a proposal that is aimed at making a presentation during the Salone del Mobile 2015 in Milan. The Open Call closes on 21 November 2014. This call is the only opportunity to apply for support from the Creative Industries Fund NL to participate in the Salone del Mobile 2015.

The departmental lecture series will continue on Tuesday 14 October 2014 at 17.00 hrs in the auditorium with a lecture by Matylda Krzykowski, independent curator, lecturer and co-director of Depot Basel.

Andrea Roelofse graduated in the summer of 2014 from the Interior Architecture and Furniture Design department of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. On 25 September 2014 she received the BNI Prize for young and talented interior architects 2014. It is the sixth time in a row that a recent KABK alumnus wins this prestigious prize.

The spatial concept of Hestia daycare centre in Amsterdam, following the philosophy of Reggio Emilia containing explicit statements on architecture, is nominated for the Arie Keppler Prize 2014. The design is a result of a collaboration of NEXT architects and Claudia Linders, head of the Interior Architecture and Furniture Design department.

The new departmental lecture series will kick off on Tuesday 23 September 2014 at 17.00 hrs in the auditorium with a lecture by Suzanne Oxenaar, independent curator and cofounder of (o.a.) the Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy.

Congress EUROSAI 2014
Third year students Interior Architecture and Furniture Design design event for The Netherlands Court of Audit

First year students Interior Architecture and Furniture Design, under the guidance of guest lecturers Michaël Snitker and Sanne Peper, made a photographic, spatial and graphic reinterpretation of Yves Klein's 'Leap into the Void' (1960). This book brings together the works of class 1A and class 1B in 22 monochromes, photomontages, and newspapers.

From many entries eleven designs have been nominated for the W.H. Gispen Award 2014. This design award is issued by Dutch Originals. On Sunday 25 May, the ceremony will take place at Hartman interior consultants, address Mathenesserlaan 190, Rotterdam. The prize ceremony starts at 3 PM.

Lightness, minimal weight, is achieved when building with an intelligent combination of the least amount of materials. The aim is to achieve the precise balance of material properties, production processes and the complete concept. Ed van Hinte will share the results of his research on lightness and design.

HAY Talent Award is an ambitious new Nordic design prize, and students from all design schools are invited to take part. The jury comprises some of the world’s leading designers, including Sebastian Wrong, Stefan Diez, Scholten & Baijings, Andersen & Voll, Big Game and Doshi Levien – and a prize of 15.000 Euro.

As of September 1, 2013 the Qualification system Professional training period (Beroepservaringperiode) will take effect. Procedures and conditions for the recognition of (providers of) professional modules or integrated professional program are set in the qualification system.

Alumnus Rutger de Regt (Furniture Design 2011) is a contestant in Lancia Trendvisions monthly Up&More contest. One of his Happy Misfits is shown next to a scrap wood stool by Piet Hein Eek. Will the public vote for "Modest or Puffed up"? The vote is open until October 14.

As part of Design Column # 4 The Circle Is Round, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen organizes on Friday 24 May a round table discussion with Kieren Jones, Professional Amateur. With his design research The Sea Chair he demonstrates how the current trend towards deglobalisation appears to be an illusion. In an interview he explains this project.

Mienke Simon Thomas will give the first lecture of this eighth group about the exhibition she curated in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam: Hand Made - Long Live Crafts. On 7 May Ivo van den Baar and Nicole Driessen will give a lecture about Wandschappen's design and art projects.

From 31 January the BNI starts a new lecture series titled 'Raaklijnen'. The first lecture will be held by Jeanne Dekkers. She investigated the phenomenon of large-scale vacancy and how cities like Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Antwerp and Brussels try to find solutions for this problem.

Students Morphology (part-time) received the assignment from teachers Krijn Christiaansen and Cathelijne Montens to make a model of an (existing) exterior. Through frottage technique (after Masao Okabe and Max Ernst), the material structures of this exterior were translated into the model.

New times (crisis, internet, environment, computer, free access, etc.) require repositioning and other, more specific skills. Therefore, the department Interior Architecture and Furniture Design has dedicated this year’s curriculum to researching this repositioning. The themes suggested below will be gradually explored throughout the Academic year and thus subject to change, addition and rejection. They function as a non-exhaustive research proposal and provide starting points for further investigation.

Making our surroundings more beautiful and better. You can achieve this by participating in the Design Your Street contest. This international competition challenges contestants to come up with applications and improvements for the street and public space. During the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, a selection of entries will be presented. The two best ideas will receive sums of 10,000 and 5,000 euros to actually realize their plans. You can enter this contest until Monday 27 August 2012.

The DOEN | Materiaalprijs introduces the designs of the future. Visual artists, designers, fashion designers and architects are challenged to use new sustainable materials and innovative techniques. The new designs will help to shape a better and more sustainable society.
The DOEN | Materiaalprijs awards two prizes. The first prize of € 15,000 for a finalized product and an incentive prize of € 5,000 for an idea that has not yet been put into production.

2012 Marks the 40th anniversary of the Materiaalfonds voor Beeldende Kunst and Vormgeving (Materialfund for Fine Arts and Design). To celebrate this the Materiaalfonds (for fine art and design) organizes an international program in cooperation with the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, EYE Film Institute en the Rijksmuseum. THE WEIGHT OF COLOUR unravels the invisible and forgotten histories of colour in the world we live in, establishing a visible relationship between colours and our designed environment.

Following the successful lecture series Spatial Senses organized in 2011, this year the association for interior architects (BNI) organizes a second series of six lectures by prominent speakers. The theme of this year's series is Spatial Experiences. Evert Verhagen will be the speaker at the kickoff of this new lecture series, which will take place on 22 March. The evening will be entirely in the spirit of 'redevelopment'.

Free Public Lecture organized by the Interior Architecture department. The third lecture in a series of six: On Furniture by Rianne Makkink (Studio Makkink & Bey, Rotterdam) she will talk about INDUSTRIOUS artefacts

Free Public Lecture organized by the Interior Architecture department. The fifth lecture in a series of six
March 13
Hans Lensvelt(Lensvelt. Products and PROJECTS), Breda: FREE AND INDEPENDENT.
TO INSPIRE AND CONTRIBUTE.

The City Museum of Antwerp is situated in the heart of the old harbour, close to the city centre. It is a 60 metres high tower of stacked exhibition spaces. Each level is twisted 90 degrees to form a giant spiral. This glazed space becomes a vertical galleria. Escalators guide the visitors to the top of the building in a journey through the history of Antwerp and trough the panoramas of the city. On the upper floor a restaurant, a conference room and a sky deck are situated. Square, docks and tower are designed to form one continuous space for exhibitions and events.
Program: 20.000 m2
Costs: € 30.000.000
Client: City of Antwerp
Support: Bureau Bouwtechniek
Status: design 2000, completion 2010

On this day we will look at the impact of digital culture on ‘making’ and will investigate its significance for art education.
With lectures by:
Robert Hewison, Bas van Beek, Theo Ploeg and David Jablonowski

The symposium Unfixing Images focuses on visual documents that develop within processes of political resistance. As bi-products of larger socio-political struggles these documents can be understood both as visual traces of “lived politics” and as tools that can diversify hegemonial historiographies. In this context images are understood as “variational characters”: their “meaning” is inherently unstable as it is intimately linked to the temporality of the processes that bring them forth and continually influence how they are seen.

For the Royal Academy of Art, the quality of our education, and therefore of your study, is a top priority. We invite students, teachers and staff, alumni and other stakeholders on a regular basis to share their experiences and opinions with us.

On the occasion of the exhibition ‘Reprint Karel Martens’ (who has received the Gerrit Noordzij prize in 2012), this seminar takes place on Saturday 7 March from 13:00 to 18:00 in the Auditorium of the Royal Academy of Art.

Enjoy art and culture in the city of The Hague! During HOOGTIJ #40 on Friday March 6 from 19:00 to 23:00 pm, various galleries, artist-run initiatives and cultural institutions are open. Admission is free.

Students from various departments of the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague scoured EYE’s film collections looking for films on the forbidden glance. The programme also includes Wild Beaming, an outdoor projection at EYE.

We invite you to join us for drinks during our fourth opening event with Royal Award for Modern Painting winner Niels Broszat. For five weeks only students and graduates of the Royal Academy of Art The Hague sell their products in Pop-Up STOOR. The weekly changing collection comprises collectable and affordable pieces made by ambitious artists and designers. From fashion accessories and small furniture to prints and photography. Cash only!

For five weeks only students and graduates of the Royal Academy of Art The Hague sell their products in Pop-Up STOOR. The weekly changing collection comprises collectable and affordable pieces made by ambitious artists and designers. From fashion accessories and small furniture to prints and photography. Cash only!

For five weeks only students and graduates of the Royal Academy of Art The Hague sell their products in Pop-Up STOOR. The weekly changing collection comprises collectable and affordable pieces made by ambitious artists and designers. From fashion accessories and small furniture to prints and photography. Cash only!

Saturday 18 October the 13th edition of the Dutch Design Week kicks off. During 9 days visitors can visit and experience more than 400 events around Eindhoven.
During the Dutch Design Week several KABK alumni & students are showing their work.

Fine Arts graduate Adrian Mazzarolo has been nominated for the TENT ACADEMY AWARDS 2014. His film 'Did you like cutting chicken with scissors? will be shown during the award show in cinema Cinerema Rotterdam on July 12th starting 8 pm.

RESEARCH LAB
Are you a hunter or an observer?
Find out what you are in the Research lab ‘Artistic Research in Documentary photography’.
Elective program for an interdisciplinary group of 3rd and 4th year students

During the ELLE Festival 2014 students and alumni of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK) will show highlights from the BACK STAGE ON STAGE presentation previously shown at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milano 2014.

The Fund for Creative Industries and Cordaan invite designers to participate in a project that is aimed at improving the living environment of people with dementia. Six interdisciplinary teams will work in three care locations. Interested (interior) architects / designers can submit their motivation to participate until 29 June.

On Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 June, everyone is welcome at the Dutch World Heritage Sites. The annual World Weekend this year is entirely devoted to Travel. Special activities are organized at all locations.

BACK STAGE ON STAGE, the presentation of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, (KABK) was a great success attracting 35.000 visitors at the renowned design fair Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan.
This year's edition of the Salone was held from 8 to 13 April 2014. With BACK STAGE ON STAGE The Royal Academy of Art literally put the creative process in the limelight: the presentation consisted of a continuous programme of performances and happenings, whereby drafts and products were created, shared, shown and dismantled on stage!
The trans-disciplinary programme gave room to all artistic disciplines in design and fine art.
Please see attachment for more information on the presentation in Milan.

The cahiers on display are the end result of the 'Research Lab: Are you a hunter or an observer?', they show the outcome of the research in relation to the documentation of the student’s work and the work of others.
The Research Lab is part of the Honours Programme of the Lectorate Art Theory & Practice.

24 until 28 March 2014 Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Presentation and exhibition 28 March until 4 April 2014
Opening Friday 28 March 16:00 hrs.
On Thursday 27 March 15:00, Marcel van Eeden will give a lecture in the auditorium of The KABK.
Opening Friday 28 March 16:00 hrs.

Like every year, the Student’s Choice Jury (5 students of The Hague’s University of Applied Science) has nominated 3 films from the Movies that Matter film program for the Student’s Choice Award. Students can visit the festival and see these 3 films for free! (makesure you’ll bring your studentcard)

Eye is calling students, the public and film professionals to send in their homemade recut trailers. The best ones will be shown on the big screen in EYE, and featured during the Night of the Recut Trailer, on May 9

Are you a young filmmaker between 15 and 30 years old? And are you not yet graduated from an art academy? Then the organisation of the Young Art Short Film Award would like to receive your short film. Categories are: animation, docu, fiction and experimental.

For our new project we're looking for someone who could shoot 3 short video's (in 3 languages) for us and edit them. In the beginning and middle of March we would like to start working on it and at the end of March it needs to finished. We don't have professional equipment, but you could use our GoPro. If you have good equipment yourself, that would be great. The compensation is 800 euro (Incl. Vat). If you're interested and/or you want more details, please send an email to info@inclusiveworks.eu.

The new competition :output award 2014 has started. Any work related to an area of Design or Architecture, usch as Graphic Design / Product Design / Typography / Photography / Illustration /Typeface Design / Multimedia, Moving Image, Interior Design and Archtitecture is eligible for submission. The winner will be awarded a scholarschip of 3000 Euro.

Roosje Klap (Head of Graphic Design) & Claudia Linders (Head of Interior Architecture & Furniture Design) designed the third commemorative two euro coin within the context of 200 years Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Out of a selection of 11 design proposals, Linders’ and Klap’s proposal was chosen as the winning design. On 25 November 2013 the new eurocoin was presented to the public by the vice president of the 'Raad van State' Piet Hein Donner.

As every year the Morelato company will produce the prototype of the winning project which will become part of the permanent collection of the MAAM, Museum for applied Art in the Furniture Field of the Foundation.
For the 2014 edition there are two major awards:
• First Prize “The Aldo Morelato Foundation – Opera Project” of € 5,000.00 (for professionals);
• The Student Awatd of € 2,500.00 (for students).

Integrated2013 is an international platform where students and professionals from the field of art and design can meet and exchange knowledge. New technologies and strategies will be discussed and looked at from multiple viewpoints. Tickets for students/teachers are 75 euros.

The winner will receive the prize of 10,000 PLN (about 2300 euro). Works of the winner and eight finalists will be presented at the exhibition during Fotofestiwal in June 2014 and as a slide show during international festivals of photography.

What do you think about when you hear the word Portugal? The Dutch embassy in Portugal invites you to design a book cover for an upcoming publication about Dutch-Portugees relations.
Deadline for submission: 31 October.

Nest invites all students of all departments to reflect or react to the importance of 'the ego' within the context of the exhibition 'Me, Myself and I'. Selected students will receive an intensive acquaintance with the world of contemporary art in October and November. Their work will be regarded and criticized by curators, writers and art professionals with the aim to reach the appropriate level for exhibition in a public art space.

Let's Talk is a series of evenings with guest lecturers from the creative sector. The series is organised by Creative Network and aims to inspire and bring together designers from various disciplines and the marketing/advertising community in Europe.

Vond. A is Roodkapje's experimental art jam session during which four individual artists create a collaborative interdisciplinary work. Their time-based disciplines such as video, sound, performance and installation art synthesize and form a new dimension. The audience plays an active and passive part in the process and thus produces and consumes this work simultaneously. This way the audience can experience both the process and the outcome.

November 14th and 15th 2013 the VERS Awards XL will take place! Are you a new, young filmmaker, and did you make a film which is not older than a year, and the screen time is not longer than 25 minutes? Sign up for the VERS Awards before oktober 14th, and maybe we will show your movie on the big screen, for an interested audience and critical judges.

Design a lamp for iFabrica in the theme bio-based, sustainable, reuse/recycle/upcycle, local and fitting within the context. The lamp will hang above a table used to cut textile in the crafts& textile workshop of iFabrica. Prizes are a year long memebership to iFabrica (value 1740 euros) and a basic course of your choice.

On September 15th, the Eendrachtplein in Rotterdam will be transformed into a temporary museum. Everybody can join. There is no curator or commission money. Just the possibility of an enormous audience.

The Tiele foundation awards a prize to the best thesis on the subject of book studies in the broadest sense. Everyone who finished a thesis at a Dutch University or HBO education in the academic year 2012/2013 is allowed to participate. Already published theses are excluded from entry. Launguage of the thesis should be Dutch or English

This autumn, Study in Holland and NL Agency are holding a Creativity contest for international students in all fields of study. This is a chance for you to win great prizes!
Why this contest?
Study in Holland promotes studying in, that's right, Holland, by showing that Holland is different from other countries because it is truly pioneering, creative and connected. And the best way to prove this is by asking you, the international student, to show how Holland has helped you to be a pioneer, be creative and get connected. Show us the most creative project that you are working on or have finished at your Dutch institution.

Hop on your bike to join Lorenz on a compostour to visit some local gardens that use composting in different ways. Meet other local gardeners and learn more about the possibilities for your organic waste. The fieldtrip ends at the Nutstuin again where Lorenz elaborates on his work and reveals his new designed compostbin for collective use.
Got a green thumb? Join Lorenz Olivier Schmid on Compostourism!
This Sunday
15th September
Nutstuin 13:00 – 17:00 + drinks
Send an email
to info@go-wander.org

This fall, Japanmuseum SieboldHuis and Gallery Diana Lepelaar inniate the art project “Samurai Warrior”. 60 artists will be chosen by an expert jury to exhibit their work in the museum from 7 December 2013 till 9 March 2014. The pieces will be offered for sale and 100 % of the profits will go to the artists. Also the winning artist will receive a cash prize and a solo exhibition in Galery Diana Lepelaar.

Etsy wants to help you start your own shop. Visit www.etsy.com/promotions, enter the code ‘Fin’ and pay no listing fees for your first 20 items. The offer is valid for one use per new seller and will be available until September 30th. It’s a simple way to get started on Etsy and sell your handmade items to customers all over the world.

As we are slowly but surely approaching the ninth edition of the TodaysArt Festival, we would like to ask for your help again!
The ninth edition of TodaysArt will transform the former ministries of Internal Affairs and Justice. These iconic towers - 124.000 M2 of currently vacant space - are located in the geographical and political city centre of The Hague right next to the Spuiplein, the traditional heart of the festival. In addition, the festival will take place in the City Hall’s Atrium and the public space in between these buildings.

On Tuesday 18 June 2013, from 11.45 till 13.00 hrs, the Centre for Innovation in The Hague will organise their first Inspiration Lab session. Head of the AR Lab, Yolande Kolstee, and professor at Leiden University, Robert Zwijnenberg will present their views on art and technology during this event. The importance of art and technology in education and future research are up for discussion.
Place of venue:
Leiden University Campus The Hague
Schouwburgstraat 2
2511 VA The Hague

Entries for THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED, the 20th edition Chamont Student competition, are now open. The competition is aimed at design students enrolled in public or private art schools, universities, technical and vocational schools for the current year 2012-2013.

Simon Levelt invites you to design a new saucer for coffee cup ‘ONE’. The 3 winning designs will be produced (in limited edition) and sold in the stores of Simon Levelt. An expert jury will decide the best (future) professional and amateur design. Also they will nominate the ‘runner-up’ for the third award: the public prize.

Can the roots of our current economic and financial crisis be made tangible through photography? The Noorderlicht International Photofestival 2013 aims to peer into what has caused our current state of affairs, particularly into the so-called '1%' and its financial and political power at the expense of the '99%'. For this challenging theme, Noorderlicht calls upon the photographic community to help to build an inspired, profound and heartfelt exhibition.

Start of M2LIVE, the event for young and creative talent in the Bonnefantenmuseum. All student filmmakers from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany are invited to send in their movie for the M2LIVE Film Award 2013.